Configuring Integration Scenarios
Use
You can use an integration scenario from the Integration Repository as a template for configuration. Together with additional assignments, the information saved in the integration scenario is used to calculate the relevant logical routing objects and the collaboration agreement. The determined objects are created or existing configuration objects are checked to ensure that they can be used before including them in a configuration scenario. The whole process is logged so that you have a good overview and can analyze and understand the configuration. Thus, the configuration of more extensive and more collaborative processes is made as automated as possible.
This function is also known as the Integration Scenario Configurator.
Prerequisites
To use this tool, you must create a configuration scenario in the Integration Directory by grouping together all configuration objects that result from the configuration or that are reused from elsewhere.
Integration
All the configuration settings that you make with the integration scenario configurator are saved in the Integration Directory together with the configuration scenario. This means that the relevant data is always available when you reload the configuration scenario.
Each time that you call the integration scenario configurator, the integration scenario is also loaded from the Integration Repository. However, this is always the version in which the object was originally included and configured. This enables you to divide up configuration work into multiple steps and means that the configuration is not affected by any changes to the integration scenario in the Integration Repository.
Activities
When you configure an integration scenario you perform the following activities.
Activities when Configuring an Integration Scenario
Activity |
Description |
Call the integration scenario configurator |
You can call the integration scenario configurator as follows: In the
object editor for the configuration scenario, choose the menu option Scenario
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Scenario Configurator ( In the main
menu bar of the Integration Builder (Integration Directory), choose the menu
option Tools
® Transfer Integration Scenario from Integration Repository
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Use this option when you have not yet created a configuration scenario for your configuration data. In this case, you must first select an integration scenario from the Integration Repository and create the configuration scenario in the Integration Directory. Only once you have done so can you continue with further activities. |
In this step you select the integration scenario and the component view (if multiple component views are defined for the integration scenario) Once you have executed this activity, the component view is displayed in an interactive graphic. |
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In this step you assign services to the application components of integration scenario. In this way, you map the participants in an integration scenario displayed in the component view to actual senders and receivers of messages in your system landscape. |
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In this step, you activate sender/receiver relations for the individual connections in the integration scenario. Furthermore, you specify communication channels that are relevant for the sender/receiver relations. These are then used to calculate the relevant collaboration agreements. |
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In this step, the calculated configuration objects will be created (if they do not yet exist). If they do already exist, they will be reused and enhanced, if required. You can simulate generation for test purposes. |
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Use the generation log and perform manual post processing |
A generation log provides you with an overview of all changes made in the Integration Directory as a result of the configuration of the integration scenario. It informs you which configuration objects have been created or reused. The generation log enables you to recognize which configuration objects require manual work. |
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Additional functions
When you configure an integration scenario you can use the following additional functions. You call them from the menu bar in the integration scenario configurator.
Additional functions
Use |
Description |
Check Configurability (Generation ® Check
Configurability ( |
Checks whether you have made all the assignments required to generate the configuration objects. |
Display the scenario objects of a connection (Scenario Objects ® Display Scenario Objects for Connection) |
Displays all objects that were generated or created manually for a connection of the component view and which match the current configuration of the connection. |
Show configuration steps (View ® Display Configuration Steps) |
Shows or hides the configuration steps in a bar next to the graphical editor. You can start the dialogs belonging to the individual configuration steps from this bar. |
Zoom Function (View ® Zoom) |
Increases or decreases the size of the graphical display of the component view. |
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